Get distance between two zip codes using php

Lets calculate the distance between 2 zip codes. You need to first generate longitude and latitude from zip code and then you can calculate the distance between both longitude & latitude and display it in Kilometers or Miles.

// This function returns Longitude & Latitude from zip code.
function getLnt($zip){
$url = "//maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=
".urlencode($zip)."&sensor=false";
$result_string = file_get_contents($url);
$result = json_decode($result_string, true);
$result1[]=$result['results'][0];
$result2[]=$result1[0]['geometry'];
$result3[]=$result2[0]['location'];
return $result3[0];
}

function getDistance($zip1, $zip2, $unit){
$first_lat = getLnt($zip1);
$next_lat = getLnt($zip2);
$lat1 = $first_lat['lat'];
$lon1 = $first_lat['lng'];
$lat2 = $next_lat['lat'];
$lon2 = $next_lat['lng']; 
$theta=$lon1-$lon2;
$dist = sin(deg2rad($lat1)) * sin(deg2rad($lat2)) +
cos(deg2rad($lat1)) * cos(deg2rad($lat2)) *
cos(deg2rad($theta));
$dist = acos($dist);
$dist = rad2deg($dist);
$miles = $dist * 60 * 1.1515;
$unit = strtoupper($unit);

if ($unit == "K"){
return ($miles * 1.609344)." ".$unit;
}
else if ($unit =="N"){
return ($miles * 0.8684)." ".$unit;
}
else{
return $miles." ".$unit;
}

}

HTML Code:

<form method="POST" action="?flag=true">
<table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>

<td width="23%" height="34">Enter Zip code1</td>
<td width="28%" height="34">
<input type="text" name="zipCode" size="20" 
value="<?php print $_POST['zipCode']; ?>"></td>
<td height="34">&nbsp;</td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td width="23%" height="34">Enter Zip Code2</td>
<td width="28%" height="34">
<input type="text" name="zipCode2" size="20" 
value="<?php print $_POST['zipCode2']; ?>"></td>
<td height="34">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="23%" height="34">Unit</td>
<td width="28%" height="34">
<input type="radio" value="K" name="unit" checked> KM 
<input type="radio" value="N" name="unit"> Miles</td>
<td height="34">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="23%" height="34">&nbsp;</td>
<td width="28%" height="34" style="padding-top: 20px">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1" class="submit_btn"></td>
<td height="34">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

To Display Out put:

$distance = getDistance($_POST['zipCode'],$_POST['zipCode2'],$_POST['$unit']);
echo $distance;